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You sound worried by the prospect of 15 days away a month...
Remember that many of your intial B777 trips will be '3 days'. What that really means is: Day 1 report early afternoon(ish). Day 2 Away. Day 3 Land back at LHR fairly early in the morning. You might need a couple of hours sleep but the rest of the day is yours.
So a 3-day trip is actually about 48hrs away from base. One night in a nice hotel and another in the flight deck where you are 'encouraged to rest'. In practice you'll each get about an hour of shut-eye if things are quiet.
I don't have kids (yet) but I think it would be a great lifestyle as a dad.
Come on in, the water's lovely.
LFW
You sound worried by the prospect of 15 days away a month...
Remember that many of your intial B777 trips will be '3 days'. What that really means is: Day 1 report early afternoon(ish). Day 2 Away. Day 3 Land back at LHR fairly early in the morning. You might need a couple of hours sleep but the rest of the day is yours.
So a 3-day trip is actually about 48hrs away from base. One night in a nice hotel and another in the flight deck where you are 'encouraged to rest'. In practice you'll each get about an hour of shut-eye if things are quiet.
I don't have kids (yet) but I think it would be a great lifestyle as a dad.
Come on in, the water's lovely.
LFW
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not worried about 15 days away at all! I only get 12 off in every 32 days at the moment so that is an improvement. I would be commuting from a country as yet undecided by my wife so it all looks almost too good to be true.
No more 25 min turna arounds and spotty dispatchers 4 times a day!
Just need to pass that interview.!
Cheers for the info
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not worried about 15 days away at all! I only get 12 off in every 32 days at the moment so that is an improvement. I would be commuting from a country as yet undecided by my wife so it all looks almost too good to be true.
No more 25 min turna arounds and spotty dispatchers 4 times a day!
Just need to pass that interview.!
Cheers for the info
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TEP (SSP) versus DEP basic salary:
TEP PP1 = 64% DEP PP1
TEP PP2 = 73% DEP PP2
TEP PP3 = 82% DEP PP3
TEP PP4 = 91% DEP PP4
TEP PP5 = 100% DEP PP5
All in all, over the first four years as a TEP, you will earn about 38k less than a standard short haul DEP.
You will end up in short haul or medium haul (on short haul basic). However if you transfer to Long haul (or medium haul from short haul) at any point in the first 5 years, you will go onto the appropriate percentage of the longhaul (or medium haul) pay scales. In other words, you will start on short haul pay, but if you transfer any time in the first five years, you go onto the appropriate fleet's payscale (factored for the TEP percentages).
TEP PP1 = 64% DEP PP1
TEP PP2 = 73% DEP PP2
TEP PP3 = 82% DEP PP3
TEP PP4 = 91% DEP PP4
TEP PP5 = 100% DEP PP5
All in all, over the first four years as a TEP, you will earn about 38k less than a standard short haul DEP.
You will end up in short haul or medium haul (on short haul basic). However if you transfer to Long haul (or medium haul from short haul) at any point in the first 5 years, you will go onto the appropriate percentage of the longhaul (or medium haul) pay scales. In other words, you will start on short haul pay, but if you transfer any time in the first five years, you go onto the appropriate fleet's payscale (factored for the TEP percentages).
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When you start, you will more than likely be on blind lines most of the time. On the 777 this will pretty much mean you get MBTR (Min base turn around) between trips, which is 2 days for most trips. On the 747 you will get a minimum 2 days off, but because the trips are a bit longer, you can normally get three days off between trips, and sometimes 4, 5 or even 6 days.
You also need to remember that some of your trips will be late reports and early arrivals. Inbetween such trips, it would be easy to commute within Europe, even if you only had two days off.
You also need to remember that some of your trips will be late reports and early arrivals. Inbetween such trips, it would be easy to commute within Europe, even if you only had two days off.
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ryr737,
I'm ex-EZY, am now BA and have flown LGW 737 since 2001. OK, I left EZY in 97 so it's probably changed, but BA is much easier (no pun intended).
As for the 777, people seem to be getting off it ASAP in favour of the 400 so moves to the 777 from SH seem quite quick. 2-3 years.
Loads of people commute on LH. Lots do it on SH too but that seems a bit of a nightmare to me.
Noone seems to know what the retirement age change in 2006 will do to commands and fleet moves though.
Hope this helps.
I'm ex-EZY, am now BA and have flown LGW 737 since 2001. OK, I left EZY in 97 so it's probably changed, but BA is much easier (no pun intended).
As for the 777, people seem to be getting off it ASAP in favour of the 400 so moves to the 777 from SH seem quite quick. 2-3 years.
Loads of people commute on LH. Lots do it on SH too but that seems a bit of a nightmare to me.
Noone seems to know what the retirement age change in 2006 will do to commands and fleet moves though.
Hope this helps.
